Course Description

Instructor: Patti Owens-Smith

Mary Oliver, an American poet, is the recipient of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She is said to have written about the greatest love of her life - the natural world. In this class we will read some of her most famous poems and explore her conceptualizations of love, the human psyche, the complexities of the world, and the human emotions of loss, grief, joy, revelation.

This class will be 3 weeks on Monday's in June. June 20th is an Emory Holiday, class will be June 6, 13 & 27.

Patti Owen-Smith, professor of psychology at Oxford College of Emory University, discusses how more time for thought could benefit students.

Patricia Owen-Smith is a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Oxford College of Emory University. She was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2001 for her work on epiphanies in learning. Her areas of research have focused on women, children and poverty. She has been an active contributor the Association of Women in Psychology.

She recently completed The Contemplative Mind in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which discusses the use of contemplative practices in the college classroom.